Place Names

Ch'irwŏn, South Korea

August 15, 1950

The part of the line held by the 35th Infantry-covering as it did the main
Masan-Chinju highway, the railroad, and the Nam River corridor, and forming the
hinge with the 24th Division to the north-was potentially the most critical and
important sector of the 25th Division front.
Lt. Col. Bernard G. Teeter's 1st
Battalion held the regimental left west of Komam-ni;
Colonel Wilkins' 2nd
Battalion held the regimental right along the Nam River.
Maj. Robert L. Woolfolk's 3rd Battalion (1st Battalion, 29th Infantry)1st
Battalion, 29th [20-now 3rd Battalion, 27 Infantry], was in reserve on the
road south of Ch'irwŏn from where it could move quickly to any part of the line.